Family grieves for slain mom, struggles to understand the son who killed her (UPDATED: 4:23 p.m.)

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Jan 28, 2013 at 12:37 PMJan 28, 2013 at 4:23 PM

STOCKTON — While grieving family members of a woman slain by her own son poured out their hearts Monday morning, 27-year-old Dawson Andrew McGehee sat detached and unemotional, then he was sentenced to a lifetime in prison by San Joaquin County Superior Court Judge William Johnson.

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STOCKTON — While grieving family members of a woman slain by her own son poured out their hearts Monday morning, 27-year-old Dawson Andrew McGehee sat detached and unemotional, then he was sentenced to a lifetime in prison by San Joaquin County Superior Court Judge William Johnson.

On Halloween night 2011, McGehee killed his mother, Katy McGehee, inside their Manteca home by repeatedly stabbing her. A jury had found him guilty of second-degree murder.

“All she ever did was give,” said Thom McGehee, who had been married to Katy McGehee for 33 years. “And he would only and always take. Take and manipulate. Take and deceive. Take and subvert. Take and lie, take and fake, take and take. He was a predator; his mother was his prey.”